Frugal Living: Feb 8, 2009

Sunday, February 8, 2009

misc.consumers.frugal-living - 26 new messages in 13 topics - digest

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TOPIC: Have you ever improved your Vision?
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 11:38 pm
From: Dave Garland

Tim Campbell wrote:
> I'm 55 and a couple years ago when I needed to renew my driver's
> license I was able to pass the vision part without using my glasses.
> The lady behind the counter said, "What, have you had that surgery?"
>
> I just told her that I had been eating a diet that included alot of
> raw vegetables.
>
> Now, lately, my vision has deteriorated again, a bit, because I got
> off my good, predominantly vegetable, diet through the holidays...

I needed glasses to pass from 1963 through 1978. I haven't needed
glasses since. But next renewal, I might again. It's nothing to do
with diet, just that my eyes are getting older.

Dave

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 2:28 pm
From: The Real Bev

Dave Garland wrote:

> Tim Campbell wrote:
>> I'm 55 and a couple years ago when I needed to renew my driver's
>> license I was able to pass the vision part without using my glasses.
>> The lady behind the counter said, "What, have you had that surgery?"
>>
>> I just told her that I had been eating a diet that included alot of
>> raw vegetables.
>>
>> Now, lately, my vision has deteriorated again, a bit, because I got
>> off my good, predominantly vegetable, diet through the holidays...
>
> I needed glasses to pass from 1963 through 1978. I haven't needed
> glasses since. But next renewal, I might again. It's nothing to do
> with diet, just that my eyes are getting older.

Nearsighted people become less nearsighted with age. Unfortunately, farsighted
people just get worse. And don't get me started about astigmatism...

--
Cheers, Bev
=========================================================
"I believe that forgiving [terrorists] is God's function.
Our job is to arrange the meeting."
- Norman Schwartzkopf

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TOPIC: Mexico is Wherever Mexicans Are
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 2:03 am
From: wismel@yahoo.com

On 8 Feb 2009 09:16:20 -0000, Arnie <arnie@mexi.fornia> wrote:

>
>IMMIGRATION
>
>Mexico is wherever Mexicans are.
>
>Hispanics #1!: You guess the field: youngest grandmas; worst
>enunciation; most knife-stabbings; most drug-resistant TB cases; most
>brain-burrowing parasite cases; most anti-aesthetic physical
>appearance....
>
>UN head ape Coughing Anus has been yinching about Europe's need to
>accept millions of zoological specimens from Africa. Not for its zoos,
>but for its streets. Otherwise its quality of life might decline! Yawp
>on, O Great Ape.
>
>What improves by adding Mexicans? I have never had anybody who can
>answer that question.
>
>Capitalism has reached the point of diminishing returns in the built
>world, and now the only solution - supersize the consumer - means a
>bigger fatter idiot, such as are emitted from Mexican twats with
>disgusting regularity. Only stupid Mexicans and useless niggers will
>BUY BUY BUY because, well, they have no other options. They don't
>think or read. If they're not buying and consuming something, they're
>fucking it. If they're not fucking it, they're burning it, breaking
>it, or murderering it. All of which, come to think of it, creates
>fresh markets for suppliers public and private.
>
>"Not everything with a human face is human." A Hmong is not a human.
>
>The economy grows every time a brown impregnates tia Maria and rushes
>her to the hospital for you to pay birthing. Or shoots your son and
>gets processed by the police, who employ your neighbor as the
>subcontractor that cleans up blood off the streets. They sell drugs,
>and what grows the economy quicker than that? "Uncompensated care"
>reached $49 million last year, White man. Guess who paid? Mexicans
>make our country better. They provide jobs for nurses, cops and prison
>guards, bulletmakers, streetsweepers, doctors who specialize in
>diagnosing brain-burrowing parasites and drug-resistant TB, judges,
>etc...
>
>Mexicans. They're not just for breakfast anymore.
>
Agreed!

ted

read: http://www.newnation.org/ New Nation News
>
>
>

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TOPIC: Verizon can't tell the difference between dollars and cents
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 2:55 am
From: SMS

Dave wrote:
>>> http://www.reddit.com/goto?id=7uw1f
>>>
>>> So who on here was touting Verizon as a good service provider again?
> Whoever
>>> it was just got an education.
>> So two idiots at Verizon that don't understand the difference between
>> $0.002 and 0.002¢ and that translates to Verizon not having good coverage.
>>
>> The key question in that admittedly hilarious recording is does the
>> caller have proof that he was ever quoted 0.002¢ per KB?
>
> The proof is in the recording itself!!! The verizon reps state the rate on
> the recording, and STILL get the math wrong!!! -Dave

The rate is $0.002 not 0.002¢. They state the rate wrong.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 6:33 am
From: "Dave"

"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
news:fRyjl.4125$%54.3499@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
> Dave wrote:
> >>> http://www.reddit.com/goto?id=7uw1f
> >>>
> >>> So who on here was touting Verizon as a good service provider again?
> > Whoever
> >>> it was just got an education.
> >> So two idiots at Verizon that don't understand the difference between
> >> $0.002 and 0.002¢ and that translates to Verizon not having good
coverage.
> >>
> >> The key question in that admittedly hilarious recording is does the
> >> caller have proof that he was ever quoted 0.002¢ per KB?
> >
> > The proof is in the recording itself!!! The verizon reps state the rate
on
> > the recording, and STILL get the math wrong!!! -Dave
>
> The rate is $0.002 not 0.002¢. They state the rate wrong.

No, they state the rate correctely, as 0.002¢. Then they go on to figure
his bill, based on the incorrect rate of $0.002. -Dave

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TOPIC: Boycott Kellogg's!
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 3:17 am
From: clams_casino

USA1st wrote:

>If Kelloggs is paying Phelps then they have every right to expect him
>to keep his nose clean. If he doesn't want to abide by their
>requirements, then he doesn't have to accept their money or be their
>spokesman. They are paying him for his image and if they require a
>clean cut image, then he should decline being their "face". He has
>tarnished their image. I would have been tougher on him than they
>were.
>
>
>
>

Bingo - the are paying him millions for an image. Without that image,
he's just another pot smoking teenage - dime a dozen.

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TOPIC: They're humans, those people. They're more productive than those who
mindlessly hate them, too.
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 6:30 am
From: * US *

On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:13:51 -0800 (PST), triley71@att.net wrote:

>Illegal aliens cost our country over $250 billion ...

"The study says the United States would eventually lose 2.8 million jobs and $551 billion
in annual spending without undocumented workers..."

http://www.americansforimmigrationreform.com/node/8

Can you compare 250 billion to 550 billion?

On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 18:45:37 -0800 (PST), "f. barnes" <fredlb@centurytel.net> wrote:

>... total bullshit ...

Too bad for you that's all you have.

== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 6:30 am
From: * US *

On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:13:51 -0800 (PST), triley71@att.net wrote:

>Illegal aliens cost our country over $250 billion ...

"The study says the United States would eventually lose 2.8 million jobs and $551 billion
in annual spending without undocumented workers..."

http://www.americansforimmigrationreform.com/node/8

Can you compare 250 billion to 550 billion?

On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 14:30:56 -0800 (PST), triley71@att.net wrote:

>...regarless ...

You're incoherent, and you can't do the math.

== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 8:16 am
From: jimj122680@yahoo.com

On Jan 29, 11:16 am, GLOBALIST <free.tun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 29, 12:55 pm, wis...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D960U4HG0&show_article=1
>
> > Anything to secure votes. Email or call your senator via this site:
>
> > htttp://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
>
> > ted
>
> Undocumented workers pay $7 Billion into Social Security and Medicare
> each year and have paid as much as a half a $Trillion since '84.
> Undocumented workers spend their money just like you do.

That number comes from the Pew Hispanic Center. It's a fraud.

== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 9:41 am
From: lorad

On Jan 29, 12:15 pm, Major Debacle <Major_Debacle@the_pentagon.mil>
wrote:
> ricok987 wrote:
> > By undocumented you mean illegal right? You know people that higher the
> > "undocumented" are also breaking the law and if found guilty should be
> > punished to the maimum allowable.
>
> By undocumented you mean illegal *comma* right? You know *comma* people
> that higher *hire* the "undocumented" are also breaking the law and if
> found guilty should be punished to the maimum *maximum* allowable.

You tell 'em, Debacle..
Take care of the mispellings, and I'll take care of the facts..

> > "GLOBALIST" <free.tun...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:c461e91b-5153-43ac-8f96-efd78bf87dab@o40g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
> > On Jan 29, 12:55 pm, wis...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D960U4HG0&show_article=1
>
> >> Anything to secure votes. Email or call your senator via this site:
>
> >> htttp://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
>
> >> ted
>
> > Undocumented workers pay $7 Billion into Social Security and Medicare
> > each year and have paid as much as a half a $Trillion since '84.
> > Undocumented workers spend their money just like you do.

BS with capital B and S..
Illegals cannot have paid into the SS and Medicare systems... because
*THEY DO NOT HAVE VALID SS NUMBERS*.
Verstandenzee?

They be ILLEGALS...
Get it?
Globalist is a liar.

Now, if you have a moment... tell me why you want to flood the US with
illegal immigrants to steal US jobs and to suck down US taxpayer
money..
As well as to bankrupt US hospitals.
There must be some reason why you would want this.
Are you canadian, russkie, or what?

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TOPIC: How McDonald's responds to cheap bastards like us
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== 1 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 9:11 am
From: josejarvie@ssnet.net

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 16:45:25 -0500, in misc.consumers.frugal-living "Woody" <email@munged.com> wrote:

>You can expect McDonald's to decrease their prices only if sales decline
>enough to hurt their profitability. And, when they do so, they will make a
>big lying deal of how "we're reducing prices to save you money!"

My local McDonald's has started doing the same shit as Jack-in-the-Box asking you if you want a large (they
don't call is super sizing anymore) and the clerk can not tell you what the price difference is. At
Jack-in-the-box they can't even tell you what the size of the one on the menu is and then they try to sell you
curly fries etc,. I hate that. I just want to go in and say I want a number 4 and get the price listed on
the overhead menu.

== 2 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 9:17 am
From: josejarvie@ssnet.net

On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:18:02 -0500, in misc.consumers.frugal-living Shawn Hirn <srhi@comcast.net> wrote:

>Then I bought a belt there and after two months, it fell apart.

Most things that have stitches in them that are at Wal-mart seem to fall apart really fast. Some of the
clothes included but I am mostly talking about things like duffel bags and backpacks. It is far cheaper in
the long run to go to Big 5 and get a good quality school backpack on sale that you can use for years. I have
a duffel bag that is over 20 years old and has never needed a repair while the one I bought at Wal-mart needed
to be stitched up after the second time I used it. I always try to repair stuff but my stitching is not the
prettiest.

== 3 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 9:18 am
From: josejarvie@ssnet.net

Food beyond compare, food beyond belief throw it in a mixer and pretend its beef.
Liver of a horse, kidney of a cat, filling up the sausages with this and that.

On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:30:16 -0500, in misc.consumers.frugal-living "Woody" <email@munged.com> wrote:

>
>"clams_casino" <PeterGriffin@DrunkinClam.com> wrote in message
>news:3rXil.3334$WT.780@newsfe22.iad...
>> Shawn Hirn wrote:
>>
>> Because the 99 cent chicken is molded pieces with a lot of breading, etc
>> while the grilled chicken is a piece of meat?
>
>You'd figure pulverized chicken would be more expensive because of
>additional processing cost, but it's actually cheap because the chicken
>being pulverized can be any sausage-like junk--gristle, gizzards, tendons,
>etc.
>
>Woody
>

== 4 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 9:23 am
From: josejarvie@ssnet.net

On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 05:33:07 +1100, in misc.consumers.frugal-living "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>Much more expensive to process it into pesticide than to dump it.
>
>> Part of it is probably perception, though. They realize that people
>> are used to paying more for what is perceived as higher quality,
>> healthier foods. (organic, and all that sort of thing) As such, even
>> if the grilled chicken sandwich COULD be sold for $1.50 profitably,
>> they have no problem charging double that, if they feel that 80% of
>> the potential clients will still buy them at that price.
>
>Yep, that and the cheapest one is just the otherwise
>unsalable crap from the chicken is the real reason.

What about the orange solidified square oil that they call cheese and try to get you to pay more for?

== 5 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 11:58 am
From: clams_casino

josejarvie@ssnet.net wrote:

> I just want to go in and say I want a number 4 and get the price listed on
>the overhead menu.
>
>

I've seen cases where the combo "special" actually cost more (granted,
just a few cents) than the individual items.

Along that line, I often times buy individual items vs. the combo
because I really don't want / need that half gallon of flavored sugar
water when a $1 cup will do just fine (especially when they provided
do-it-yourself refills).

== 6 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 12:02 pm
From: clams_casino

josejarvie@ssnet.net wrote:

>O
>
>
>
>
>What about the orange solidified square oil that they call cheese and try to get you to pay more for?
>
>

Some people like that imitation cheese product, however when I order a
McDouble, I always ask them to hold the "cheese".

At first, I was a bit intimidated to undo the cheese, but in reality, it
dawned on me that that I'm saving them money vs. me peeling it off & I
tossing it.

== 7 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 12:31 pm
From: josejarvie@ssnet.net

On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:58:27 -0500, in misc.consumers.frugal-living clams_casino
<PeterGriffin@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:

>josejarvie@ssnet.net wrote:
>
>> I just want to go in and say I want a number 4 and get the price listed on
>>the overhead menu.
>>
>>
>
>
>I've seen cases where the combo "special" actually cost more (granted,
>just a few cents) than the individual items.
>
>Along that line, I often times buy individual items vs. the combo
>because I really don't want / need that half gallon of flavored sugar
>water when a $1 cup will do just fine (especially when they provided
>do-it-yourself refills).

When I take my kids there I tend to buy one combo for me and a bunch of hamburgers off the $1.00 menu for the
kids. We all share the one drink from the combo meal since it comes with unlimited re-fills.

== 8 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 2:28 pm
From: don@manx.misty.com (Don Klipstein)

In <8f59d668-c720-4a93-886d-e66d64d79c2b@h5g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
Kayak44 wrote:

>On Feb 7, 1:17 pm, "Dave" <now...@noway2.not> wrote:
>> "John A. Weeks III" <j...@johnweeks.com> wrote in
>>messagenews:john-84E29D.18250905022009@news-1.octanews.net...
>>
>> > The facts show that is not true. Walmart has a policy of always
>> > trying to offer the lowest possible price.
>>
>> OMG, we've found the perfect consumer. The guy who buys the advertising
>> lies, hook line and sinker. -Dave
>
>Walmarts prices always come with some bullshit game. As an example,
>they sold a six-pack of Pepsi, 24 oz bottles for $2.89. for months.
>All of the sudden there's a sign saying "Rollback, was $3.50, now
>$2.98". WTH? Rollback and it's now 9 cents more than it usually sold
>for. They pull this shit all the time.

Not that I have any liking for Wal-Mart at all, but they aren't the only
ones doing this BS. I have seen some supermarkets do that, and I think
that practice is a little common.

Store raises price of something for a short period of time, then
partially lowers the price to one that is still higher than its everyday
price was before the previous week, and slaps on a sign saying "New Lower
Price".

Other BS that I see in supermarkets, some by the supermarkets, more by
the product manufacturers:

* Laundry detergents change what their labels say as in terms of how
ultra-concentrated it is. Price per load of laundry goes up.

* Bleach seems to come in different oddball concentrations and different
bottle sizes every few or every couple years. Price per gram of sodium
hypochlorite in the bleach keeps going up.

* Once I saw a supermarket give unit prices of Brand A dish detergent in
cents per ounce and Brand B of dish detergent in cents per quart.

* Container sizes for many products change every few years or couple
years it seems to me - usually changing to slightly smaller, occaisionally
to noticeably smaller than before.

- Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)

== 9 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 4:04 pm
From: "Dave"

> * Container sizes for many products change every few years or couple
> years it seems to me - usually changing to slightly smaller, occaisionally
> to noticeably smaller than before.

Like the half gallon of ice cream that was 1.75 quarts, and now 1.5 quarts.
When it shrinks to 8 ounces or so, you think anybody will finally notice
that it's not a half gallon? What will the ice cream producers do then?
Come out with a new "family" size of oh I don't know....say, 1/2
gallon???? -Dave

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TOPIC: zip unzip
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 12:25 pm
From: "Rod Speed"

Jeff wrote:
> Parallax wrote:
>> Jeff wrote:
>>> When my boot drive died I lost WinZip.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions for a freeware/shareware Unzip program?
>>>
>>> I've tried a couple and the first failed to install and the second
>>> (7 zip) only installed the "Free Dolphin Screensaver" which I
>>> didn't want, and not the Unzip program!
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>
>> http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-file-archiver-zip-utility.htm
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> I tried Gary Hestons suggestion (jZip) which apparently is 7Zip
> (from your link) but with less "bonus" software to opt out of.
>
> So far, works fine.
>
> Thanks to all.
>
> I have some vague memory of just doing this from a command prompt,
> that must have been when OS's came on a floppy!
>
> Jeff

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TOPIC: Bathtub question
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 12:38 pm
From: Kompu Kid

On Feb 7, 2:45 pm, Bobk207 <rkaza...@gmail.com> wrote:
[..]
> If you can get the drainage to improve even slightly
> ...continue you use your enzyme product or switch to the Zep Drain
> Care Build Up remover.
>
> I've been using & recommending that stuff for YEARS (close to 30).
> When used as a drain maintenance method it will improve drain
> performance and usually preclude the need for ever using a snake.
>
> I would hold off on tearing into the back side of the tub area for a
> while, give the drain enzyme a chance......like every night for a
> week. If the flow is acceptable switch to 3 days in a row per week
> for a month & then drop back to every 6 months.
>
> Way easier than cutting an access hole.
>
> Cheers
> Bob

It is funny! I kept referring to the stuff I was using as "enzyme". A
few minutes ago I looked at the manufacturer , brand, etc.

It turns out what I got from the local Home Depot *was* Zep!

I did not pay attention to other similar products at Home Depot. The
one I got says:
ZEP Commercial
Drain Care
Professional Strength.

Are there different types of ZEP?

Deguza

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Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 5:07 pm
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TOPIC: Made up statistics
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 2:36 pm
From: triley71@att.net

On Feb 7, 3:33 pm, clams_casino <PeterGrif...@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:
> trile...@att.net wrote:
> >On Feb 7, 1:43 pm, clams_casino <PeterGrif...@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:
>
> >>trile...@att.net wrote:
>
> >>>On Feb 7, 12:40 pm, clams_casino <PeterGrif...@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>trile...@att.net wrote:
>
> >>>>>Illegal aliens cost our country over $250 billion in just social
> >>>>>services a year double that when you add in Free State & county funded
> >>>>>services that do not ask about legal standing double that when you add
> >>>>>in job and crimes (lower wages, identity theft, uninsured drivers, etc…
>
> >>>>Is that a Rush statistic? Sounds like his type babble considering the
> >>>>entire 2007 federal outlay for social programs was $500B where the
> >>>>biggest costs were for Medicaid, unemployment compensation & food stamps.
>
> >>>>Are you saying only illegals get federal assistance?
>
> >>>Yes, there are ways around the rules. Below is the cost just for
> >>>California.
>
> >>>California's nearly 3 million illegal immigrants cost taxpayers nearly
> >>>$9 billion each year, according to a new report released last week by
> >>>the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a Washington, D.C.-
> >>>based group that promotes stricter immigration policies
>
> >>So at an average of $3k for each illegal in CA, assuming CA is typical,
> >>$250B nationally works out to 83M illegals in the US.
>
> >>Considering the US population is 303M, that means 27% of the US
> >>population is here illegally?- Hide quoted text -
>
> >>- Show quoted text -
>
> >YES!
>
> Yea, right - Go back to listening to Rush & Foxnews..- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I am a Dem who's bleeding heart has dried up, I have awaken and seen
the light

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 6:45 pm
From: "f. barnes"

On Feb 7, 4:05 pm, * US * wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:13:51 -0800 (PST), trile...@att.net wrote:
> >Illegal aliens cost our country over $250 billion ...
>
> "The study says the United States would eventually lose 2.8 million jobs and $551 billion
> in annual spending without undocumented workers..."

That is total bullshit, just more lies put out by greedy scumbag
businesses that hire illegals, and other illegal advocates. Ho hum,
nothing new here. They are lying again, as ususal.

>
> http://www.americansforimmigrationreform.com/node/8
>
> Can you compare 250 billion to 550 billion?

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 6:46 pm
From: "f. barnes"

On Feb 7, 2:43 pm, clams_casino <PeterGrif...@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:
> trile...@att.net wrote:
> >On Feb 7, 12:40 pm, clams_casino <PeterGrif...@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:
>
> >>trile...@att.net wrote:
>
> >>>Illegal aliens cost our country over $250 billion in just social
> >>>services a year double that when you add in Free State & county funded
> >>>services that do not ask about legal standing double that when you add
> >>>in job and crimes (lower wages, identity theft, uninsured drivers, etc…
>
> >>Is that a Rush statistic? Sounds like his type babble considering the
> >>entire 2007 federal outlay for social programs was $500B where the
> >>biggest costs were for Medicaid, unemployment compensation & food stamps.
>
> >>Are you saying only illegals get federal assistance?
>
> >Yes, there are ways around the rules. Below is the cost just for
> >California.
>
> >California's nearly 3 million illegal immigrants cost taxpayers nearly
> >$9 billion each year, according to a new report released last week by
> >the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a Washington, D.C.-
> >based group that promotes stricter immigration policies
>
> So at an average of $3k for each illegal in CA, assuming CA is typical,
> $250B nationally works out to 83M illegals in the US.
>
> Considering the US population is 303M, that means 27% of the US
> population is here illegally?- Hide quoted text -

That's sounds about right, maybe plus or minus a couple of million.

== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 2:42 pm
From: Kayak44

On Feb 7, 1:17 pm, "Dave" <now...@noway2.not> wrote:
> "John A. Weeks III" <j...@johnweeks.com> wrote in messagenews:john-84E29D.18250905022009@news-1.octanews.net...
>
> > In article <%5Jil.237644$NN4.224...@en-nntp-08.dc1.easynews.com>,
> > "Woody" <em...@munged.com> wrote:
>
> > > Any business will keep their prices as high as possible, as long as
> > > possible, in order to fatten their bottom line.
>
> > The facts show that is not true. Walmart has a policy of always
> > trying to offer the lowest possible price.
>
> OMG, we've found the perfect consumer. The guy who buys the advertising
> lies, hook line and sinker. -Dave

Walmarts prices always come with some bullshit game. As an example,
they sold a six-pack of Pepsi, 24 oz bottles for $2.89. for months.
All of the sudden there's a sign saying "Rollback, was $3.50, now
$2.98". WTH? Rollback and it's now 9 cents more than it usually sold
for. They pull this shit all the time.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 7:01 pm
From: Tim Campbell

On Feb 5, 6:25 pm, "John A. Weeks III" <j...@johnweeks.com> wrote:
> In article <%5Jil.237644$NN4.224...@en-nntp-08.dc1.easynews.com>,
>
> "Woody" <em...@munged.com> wrote:
> > Any business will keep their prices as high as possible, as long as
> > possible, in order to fatten their bottom line.
>
> The facts show that is not true. Walmart has a policy of always
> trying to offer the lowest possible price. They account for a
> major slice of the retail market.
>
> -john-

But, as I've noticed, you have to keep an eye on Walmart.

Their sign doesn't say "Always the Lowest Price," it says "Always Low
Prices."

There are many items at Walmart that one can do better on elsewhere.

== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 2:45 pm
From: Bobk207

On Feb 7, 2:20 pm, Kompu Kid <deg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 6, 9:25 pm, BobK207 <rkaza...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > > Hello Bob:
>
> > > I am trying to clean a clogged drain. I am being told that I am
> > > supposed to stick a snake through the hole that the knob covers.
>
> > > Since I could not get that knob off, I thought maybe this enzyme stuff
> > > may help loosen the clogged material.
>
> > > So far no luck, though.
>
> > > Deguza
>
> > Ok....... are you getting any flow ...that is, does the tub empty
> > after many minutes or hours?
>
> > Or does it not empty after many hours?
>
> > If you're getting some flow....empties after many minutes you might
> > get lucky with a chemical drain opener.
>
> > Unfortunately, using a chemical drain opener will preclude using the
> > plunger with standing water (there would be a good chance in splashing
> > the stuff all over place)
>
> > Also in order to get really effective plunger action you've got to
> > block the overflow....sometimes not easy to do completely in a bathtub
> > or even a bathroom sink. And depend on where the clog is...plunging
> > could just send air & water up the vent.
>
> > A really badly blocked drain often needs a snake...... a slow drain or
> > even a "very slow" drain can be opened with enzyme drain cleaner or
> > chemical drain cleaner.
>
> > If the tub is on the first floor and the house is built on a
> > crawlspace....you can access the drain plumbing from the crawlspace.
> > There might be a cleanout in the bathtub line.
>
> > But now that another poster has pointed out that I missed in your OP
> > you clogged drain reference.......
>
> > The knob might pry off......revealing some sort of fastening. But
> > if the installation is really old, the knob might be frozen on the
> > shaft & prying might break something. If you do choose to attempt to
> > pry the knob off, use two same size screwdrivers or small pry bars and
> > protect the surface of the tub with cardboard or wood (paint
> > stirrers). Pry gently ...... its an acquired skill (unfortunately,
> > acquired by breaking things)
>
> >http://www.zepcommercial.com/products.asp?category=11
>
> > Drain maintenance using Zep Drain Care® Build Up Remover will
> > prevent these issues in the future
>
> > Use this products on clogs Zep Professional Strength Drain Opener
>
> > Good luck
>
> > cheers
> > Bob
>
> Well, I must be lucky: It drains slowly. If I get 1 or 2 inches of
> water it takes about 5 minutes or so. In fact, this improved a bit
> since I used the enzyme.
>
> I agree I have to use the snake eventually. I have a crawl space where
> I can probably access the pipes easily, but I do not want to go down
> there in this damp and rainy weather.
>
> Also, for future issues like this I think it would be best to develop
> the capability to clear the pipe from the bathroom.
>
> The bathroom is relatively new. The house was built 60 year ago, but
> the previous owner must have done a remodel within the past 10 years
> or so.
>
> I am afraid to pry the knob though. One poster was saying earlier that
> he has seen this type of knob at his mother's home, and it was secured
> from the back.
>
> Even if the clog clears, I will cut the backpanel of the counter in
> the kitchen and the Sheetrock and see if I can reach the knob and the
> pipes from behind.
>
> By the way, thanks for all the suggestions.
>
> Deguza

If you can get the drainage to improve even slightly
...continue you use your enzyme product or switch to the Zep Drain
Care Build Up remover.

I've been using & recommending that stuff for YEARS (close to 30).
When used as a drain maintenance method it will improve drain
performance and usually preclude the need for ever using a snake.

I would hold off on tearing into the back side of the tub area for a
while, give the drain enzyme a chance......like every night for a
week. If the flow is acceptable switch to 3 days in a row per week
for a month & then drop back to every 6 months.

Way easier than cutting an access hole.

Cheers
Bob

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 4:01 pm
From: mm

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 07:08:47 -0800 (PST), noel888 <harri85274@aol.com>
wrote:

>On Feb 5, 1:29 am, Kompu Kid <deg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello All:
>>
>> I want to remove the knob that moves my pop-up plug for the drain up
>> and down.
>>
>> I tried to pull this knob but it is not moving. I looked around for a
>> set screw. There is none.
>>
>> I have photos of the knob at:
>>
>> http://cid-eb85de77506ba8ba.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/BathTub?aut...
>>
>> Is there any trick to removing this type of knob?
>>
>> I need to remove it to open the clogged drain.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Deguza
>
>Sorry, i read your post again...you did say 'bathtub'...I got confused

He said it in the subject line but not in the post. It's his fault.

>with the pop-up of the sink in bathrooms. Why ask in this frugal
>forum..you would be better off in so many of those "How do I..."
>forums which can be found by googling it? I still say that link of
>yours takes me directly to windows live...go figure.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 4:08 pm
From: mm

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:45:09 -0800 (PST), Kompu Kid
<deguza@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>I am sorry that the link is not working. I checked it from my end
>without signing on to hotmail. It seems to be there.
>
>What the pictures depict is a somewhat rounded triangular knob. There
>are no external fasteners (i.e. no screws, pins, etc). I am afraid to
>pull this too hard, in case there is a different way of removing it.
>
>I wish we could post photos on usenet along with our text...
>
>Deguza

See if you can find something like it at a borg and read their
instructions. Or go to a real plumbing supply store, and tip the guy
5 dollars if you have to for him to show you one. (I never know how
much to tip. )

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TOPIC: Activité très rentable depuis votre domicile
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 2:59 pm
From: "nepasrater@gmail.com"

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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 3:57 pm
From: RF

trigonometry1972@gmail.com | wrote:
> On Feb 6, 3:00 am, wis...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 23:09:30 -0800 (PST), dank...@rocketmail.com wrote:
>>> Kellogg's had withdrawn its sponsorship of Michael Phelps because of
>>> the photo of him smoking marijuana. If you smoke pot, you are
>>> probably familiar with Kellogg's products like Pop-Tarts, Froot-Loops,
>>> Keebler cookies, Cheez-It crackers, and dozens of other brands of junk
>>> food loaded with sugar, salt, and partially hydrogenated soybean oil.
>>> WTF was Kellogg's thinking? They have no problem with stoners eating
>>> their junk food, but refuse to let a stoner endorse the same junk
>>> food. I am calling for a boycott of all Kellogg's products, which
>>> shouldn't be difficult to comply with because there are plenty of
>>> other companies that manufacture similar products.
>>> Corporate rivals of Kellogg's include Kraft/Nabisco, Frito-Lay, and
>>> Proctor & Gamble, and together they manufacture more than enough empty
>>> calories to satisfy everyone's munchies. Please do not purchase or
>>> consume Kellogg's products until it reinstates its sponsorship of
>>> Michael Phelps and apologizes for insulting its target audience.
>>> Contact Kellogg's at:
>>> http://www2.kelloggs.com/ContactUs.aspx
>> Phelps puffing $5.00 worth of weed has caused Kellogg's marketing
>> department to suddenly acquire "negro dignity". Compare Phelp's
>> treatment to the kid-glove handling of Obama's tax evading nominees!
>>
>> ted
>
> LOL.
> I can't boycott Kellogg's as I don't use any of their
> products...........Trig

Exactly my sentiments. I cannot ever remember
buying anything with their brand.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 10:26 pm
From: USA1st

If Kelloggs is paying Phelps then they have every right to expect him
to keep his nose clean. If he doesn't want to abide by their
requirements, then he doesn't have to accept their money or be their
spokesman. They are paying him for his image and if they require a
clean cut image, then he should decline being their "face". He has
tarnished their image. I would have been tougher on him than they
were.

On Feb 6, 6:00 am, wis...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 23:09:30 -0800 (PST), dank...@rocketmail.com wrote:
> >Kellogg's had withdrawn its sponsorship of Michael Phelps because of
> >the photo of him smoking marijuana. If you smoke pot, you are
> >probably familiar with Kellogg's products like Pop-Tarts, Froot-Loops,
> >Keebler cookies, Cheez-It crackers, and dozens of other brands of junk
> >food loaded with sugar, salt, and partially hydrogenated soybean oil.
>
> >WTF was Kellogg's thinking? They have no problem with stoners eating
> >their junk food, but refuse to let a stoner endorse the same junk
> >food. I am calling for a boycott of all Kellogg's products, which
> >shouldn't be difficult to comply with because there are plenty of
> >other companies that manufacture similar products.
>
> >Corporate rivals of Kellogg's include Kraft/Nabisco, Frito-Lay, and
> >Proctor & Gamble, and together they manufacture more than enough empty
> >calories to satisfy everyone's munchies. Please do not purchase or
> >consume Kellogg's products until it reinstates its sponsorship of
> >Michael Phelps and apologizes for insulting its target audience.
>
> >Contact Kellogg's at:
> >http://www2.kelloggs.com/ContactUs.aspx
>
> Phelps puffing $5.00 worth of weed has caused Kellogg's marketing
> department to suddenly acquire "negro dignity". Compare Phelp's
> treatment to the kid-glove handling of Obama's tax evading nominees!
>
> ted- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 5:23 pm
From: KevHaw@webtv.net (Kevin Hawerchuk)

James wrote:
"Its not news to me that there are variations in pricing at various
McDonalds. Niagara Falls Canada seems to be home to the most expensive
fast food I've encountered. I would suppose it varies based on the
location costs, and competition. Denny's was much worse BTW - their
prices were much much higher."
___________________________________
I remember eating in Niagara Falls years ago. The Denny's that was
closest to the actual natural wonder was more expensive than another
Denny's just several blocks away on Lundy's Lane!
Proximity to the main tourist attraction really does seem to affect the
prices in restaurants in that city.

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TOPIC: Tankless Water Heaters
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 6:46 pm
From: Tim Campbell

On Feb 6, 5:46 pm, "catalpa" <cata...@entertab.org> wrote:
> "Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds" <Malcolm_Mal_Reyno...@invalid.invalid> wrote in
> messagenews:Xns9BAA7841C5BF4TBAnoonecarescom@87.106.137.111...
>
> > Any comments? Any brand suggestions
>
> Don't expect to save money and make sure you know all the drawbacks. Seehttp://www.consumerreports.org/cro/appliances/heating-cooling-and-air...
>
> If you have very cold water during the winter you must pay attention to
> maximum temperature rise if considering an electric tankless.
>
> I opted to stay with a regular tank gas water heater. Most of my hot water
> use is start and stop, so using a tankless water heater would be an
> annoyance and more expensive to install and use.

Good advice above. I had a friend who recently yanked his out. Too
many problems with temperature consistency and had pressure
differential trouble between the unit and the city's pressure...

== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 6:53 pm
From: Tim Campbell

On Feb 6, 8:27 am, Okikuru <georgewks...@humboldt1.com> wrote:
> eye exercises? hypnosis?
> Have you improved your eyesight and no longer need glasses. Tell me your
> story. OK?
> georg...@humboldt1.com
> --
> Now,is the time for all good men to come
> to the aid of their country.

I'm 55 and a couple years ago when I needed to renew my driver's
license I was able to pass the vision part without using my glasses.
The lady behind the counter said, "What, have you had that surgery?"

I just told her that I had been eating a diet that included alot of
raw vegetables.

Now, lately, my vision has deteriorated again, a bit, because I got
off my good, predominantly vegetable, diet through the holidays...oh
well time to get back on alot of veggies and in a few weeks my vision
will clear again...

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 7:13 pm
From: "Bob F"

Okikuru wrote:
> eye exercises? hypnosis?
> Have you improved your eyesight and no longer need glasses. Tell me
> your story. OK?

I did a vision biofeedback thing years ago. I quit wearing glasses after a year
or two, but I only had moderate correction before.

The biofeedback gadget beeps at varying rate depending on the focus of your
eyes.

After that, I just do exercises once in a while. Hold something with print as
close as you can focus clearly. Focus on it. Then focus on something more
distant till it is as clear as you can get it. Go back and forth for a few
minutes. You may find you can move the close print closer and still focus within
minutes. I did - when I was younger.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 11:38 pm
From: Dave Garland

I needed glasses to pass from 1963 through 1978. I haven't needed
glasses since. But next renewal, I might again. It's nothing to do
with diet, just that my eyes are getting older.

Dave

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Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 7:12 pm
From: dreamerbooks00@gmail.com

Invitation to Join the Frugal Idealist

Be a consumer of nonconsumption! Work the system, but don't let it own
you. Share with others. Pay attention to your grandmother's home
remedies. Call it what it is. Embrace the joy of being a scavenger -
you're making sure that nothing goes to waste. Love the planet. It's
the only home we've got. The FrugalIdealist is dedicated to sharing of
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== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 7:13 pm
From: Mensch

Invitation to Join the Frugal Idealist

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TOPIC: * Huge Tits Movies Images Archive75v6-7
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Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 9:33 pm
From: megammen@gmail.com

Get it http://imival.blogspot.com/ for free and download all the
movies and images for free and for promotion cometh neither from the
east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he
puteth down one, and setteth up another.

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Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 9:45 pm
From: Jeff

Parallax wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
>> When my boot drive died I lost WinZip.
>>
>> Any suggestions for a freeware/shareware Unzip program?
>>
>> I've tried a couple and the first failed to install and the second (7
>> zip) only installed the "Free Dolphin Screensaver" which I didn't
>> want, and not the Unzip program!
>>
>> Jeff
>
> http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-file-archiver-zip-utility.htm

Thanks.

I tried Gary Hestons suggestion (jZip) which apparently is 7Zip (from
your link) but with less "bonus" software to opt out of.

So far, works fine.

Thanks to all.

I have some vague memory of just doing this from a command prompt,
that must have been when OS's came on a floppy!

Jeff

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TOPIC: nice shopping plaza
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Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 10:40 pm
From: "top-ugg.com"

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we have a lot of nice products at low price and PAYPL accept.
sneaker,clothes,bags,and so on

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